Xinishing  welt



R. c. SCHENiMEL Dec. 22, 1931.- FINISHING WELT Re. 18,297

inal Filed April 6, 1927 Reieeued Dec. 22, 1931 UNITED STATES,

nonna'r c. scanner, or union crrr, mnmzm rmrsnme wear I Origin No. 1,655,164, dated January 3, 1928, Serial 110. 184,400, filed April 16, 1827. Application for reissue filed August 12, 1928. Serial Io. 385,315.

My present invention relates to finishing welts of the type employed in trlmmmg automobile bodies, interiors and to s, and for other uses, and moreparticular y to an improvement in the construction of such welts for the purpose of adapting the same to be easily and convenientl isposed about curves of relatively short ra 'us without puckering or buckling of the inner edge of the welt.

1 The improved structure, generally stated,

, comprises a body portion made princlpally of any suitable filler material, such, for example,

as twisted paper cord or the like, enclosed n a casing of resilient fabric or equivalent 11111- versally flexible material, such as leather,

imitation leather or the like, and having 1n-.

cluded in thebody portion a pliable element,

or a plurality thereof, for the purpose of enabling the composite welt to be d1sposed about relatively sharp curves and to be retained in its curved form with an absolute minimum of puckering or buckling of the enclosing fabric about the inner or shorter edge of the" curve.

In one form of embodiment, my present invention comprises an improvement in the type of finishing welt described by Unlted States Letters Patent No. 1,226,600, issued to me under date of May 15, 1917, which is the type of welt illustrated in the accompanying .drawings and described particularly herein.

It is to be understood, however, that my pressent invention in its broader aspects comprises the combination of a pliable element with the i customary parts of any well known welt structure, andis therefore by no means to be limited to incorporation of the pliable element in welts of the type known to the trade in my above identified prior patent and, merely by way of exemplification of the present invention, illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the present invention will now be particularly described and hereinafter pointed out by the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which form part of this application for Letters Patent form of welt illustrated in the drawings, in

as Hidem welt, as disclosed and covered bendable element as aforesaid of and whereon like characters indicate corresponding parts in the several figures: Figure 1 is a fragmentaryview in perspective of the im roved welt showing a transverse section t ereof at one end.

Fig. 2 is also a fragmentary view in plan,

however, showing the parts illustrated by Figure 1.

Figs.,3 and 4 are also fragmentary views in perspective showing modifications of this invention. a

Reference being had to the drawings and numerals thereon, 5 indicates the welt base or body, oppositely doubled upon itself as at 6, 6, and terminating, in the particular loops which in turn enclose continuous cords, usually of tightly twisted paper or other suitable material 7, 7, to form the adjacent contacting and independent-surface beads 8, 8, as shown. v

Interposed between the base 5 and the enclosed beads, is a conti'nuousrunm'ng stri of flexible material, such as9, afiordingdi-' tional body material to the completed structure. This filler strip may be of any suitable material, as also of various forms and arrangements, but-the particularform shown has in practice proven itself-eminently satisfactory, and consists of the flat continuous strip of gimp 9, folded upon itself as shown at 10, 10, and secured permanently in place by lines of stitches 11, 11, running from'end to end of the welt upon both. sidesthereo'f adpacent to the saidheads 8, 8, as shown. vithin one of the laterally extending side flanges of the Walt, outside of the longitudinal stitches 11, as shown by the drawings, there is provided a metallic lining 12 or other 7 relatively still but pliable material, preferably enclosed by and contained within that edge of the filler strip-9'befor'e the latter is introduced intothe structure.

In a corresponding location at the opposite edge of the welt structure there is provided a second metalliclining 13, which could also be of like'material as that shown at 12, but preferably is formed of a small coil of wire,

as best shown by Figs. 1, 2-, and the modified 10 of the'welt, as shown by Figs. 1 and2ofthe Fig. 3, these linings or inserts 12 and 13 being for purposes that will later appear.

igs. 3 and 4 represent modified forms of the present invention, in the former of which coils of wire 13a, 13a are employed, and in the latter of which two straight wires 12a, 12a, as shown, are employed, and also wire substitutes 14, 14, for the filler cords 7 7 The foregoing being a description of my invention, its use and operation, briefly stated, are as follows:

In applyin this welt to the body, top or other part 0 an automobile or other support, the beads 8, 8 are forcibly spread apart to admit tacks (not shown) or other fasteningmeans, after which said beads, under in flunce of their respectivelines of stitches 11, a

11, automatically close over the" heads of the tacks or other fastening means to neatly and effectually'conceal the same.

It 'is' to be observed'that the particular functions of the metallic lining or other bendable material 12, 1 3, 12a or 13a comek into .play when in the 'course'of trimming the composite welt is disposed about curves or curved surfaces, as indicated by Fig. 2. In practice, when such curves are relatively sha trimmers have heretofore experienced considerable difli'culty in preventing the weltfrom buckling, both horizontally and ver tically. By used the enclosed metallic edge lining or other bendable material aforesaid,

I have discovered thatthe tendency to buckling of the welt is entirely overcome, the re-- sult being perfectly smooth inner and outer surfaces and edges, as shown by Fig. 2 of the drawin By arrangin the stretchable coiled lining on the exterior curved side of;

greater radius, this resultis facilitated.

It will also be noted that it is within the spirit of my invention to employ for the purposes indicatedta straight wire 12 inone edge and a coiled wire 13 in the opposite edge drawings;: a straight wire-12in one edge only; two straight wires, ortwo coiledwires in opposite. edgesofithe same structure; or, if desired, to employ metallic-bead wires 14, 14, showni-by- Fig. 4, as a substitute for the bead cores '2', 7, or any bendable stiffening means associated with one'orlboth side por-.

tions of;thewelt, adapted to retain the welt in deformed positions when bent either horizontally or vertically. In any event, however, in addition to securing perfectly an: broken and smooth curved edges as aforesaid,

' these metallic or other bendable elements also tent, that is tosay, toan extent which has in the prior art, made withoutinclusion of the assist in securing and binding the finishing welt'down in its final operative position,

a d it will be particularly noted that the pliable stiffening means is equally applicable to all forms of finishing welt having side portions extending outwardly to'fany appreciable expliable inserts 12, 13, 12a or 13a, resulted in puckering or buckling about curves, as above indicated.

Having thus described my present invention, what I now claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a trimming welt a relatively thick body portion formed wholly of universally flexible material in combination with comparatively thin laterally extending side flanges on said body portion and a metallic insert comprising a continuous coil of wire in one of said flanges. f 2. In a trimming welt a relatively thick body portion formed wholly of universally flexible material having a pluralit of comparatively thin flanges extendin ongitudinally'along the bodyportion an a bendable and pliable metallic'insert extending longitudinally in one of said flanges, adapted to retain the welt in deformed positions when bent. V

3.-In a "trimming welt arelatively thick body portion formed wholly of universally flexible material in combination with comparatively thin flanges extending laterally from'said body portion and bendable inserts positioned longitudinally in each of said flanges, adapted to retain the welt in deformed positions whenlbent. 4. In a trimming welt the combination with a relatively thickbod portion having a'longitudinal-slot therein or blind nailing, of a comparatively thin laterally extending side flange on said body portion, and a metallic insert extending longitudinally in said '5. In a trimmin welt the combination with a relatively thick body portion having a longitudinal slot therein for blind nailing, of a-comparatively thin laterally extending side flange on said body portion, and a pliable metallic insert longitudinally positioned in said flange.

6. In a trimming welt the combination with a relatively thick body portion having a longitudinalslot therein forblind nailing, of comparatively thin laterally extending side flanges on said body'portion, and a metallic .insert comprising a continuous coil of wire in one of said flanges.

' 7 Ina trimming welt the combination with a relatively'thick body portion having a longitudinal slot therein for blind nailing,

of comparatively thin laterally extending side flanges on said body portion, and a continuous flexiblemetallic element embedded in one of said flanges.

8. In a trimming welt the combination with a relatively thick body portion having a longitudinal slot therein for blind nailing, of comparatively thin flanges extending laterally from said body portion, and a bendable insert extending longitudinally in one of said flanges, adapted to retain the welt indeformed positions when 9. In a trimmin welt the combination with a relatively thick body portion having a longitudinal surface slot therein for blind. nailing, of comparatiyely thin flanges extending laterally from said body portion, and bendable inserts positioned longitudinally in each of said flanges, adapted to retain the welt in deformed positions whennbent.

10. In a trimmm welt the combination with a relati'vel thick bod portion having a longitudinal s t therein or blind nailing, of a comparatively thin laterally extendin 16 side flan on said body portion, and hen able sti enin means associated with said flange adapted to retain the welt in deformed positions when bent.

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